The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-18

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annum. All station agents of the company will
be authorized to receive deposits and receipt for
| the These deposits will be forwarded To
| some authorized depository of the company.
The Pennsvlvania Railroad Company expect
| to have their first train heated by steam IN
service by the 18TH of next month, and II the ar
rangement proves a success all their passenger
trains will be fitted up for heating oy steam as
rapidly as possible
The executive committee of the Baltimore &
| Ohio railroad met yesterday, aud approved the
arrangements suggested by the synuicate IN re-
gard to a general mortgage to pay of all existing
obligations: also, that four directors from the
| syndicate be elected.
The Baltimore & Ohio Company elect officers
| for the ensuing year on Monday next 1t is
stated that should Z. b Lord DO promoted, as
doubtless he will be, strong effort will be made
to induce j. G. Panebo-n to take the position of
general passenger agent of the road.
It is stated officially that the earnings of the
INDIANAPOLIS division of the L. y. A e. G.. road
the first months of this year from freight
carried exceeded those of the corresponding pc
riod in 1886 20 per cent. and that the earnings
of the passenger department increased 30 per
cent
The recent trip of e. A. Ford. general pass
eneer agent of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg. to California was made hoping that
his wife, who is In feeble health, would be ben
Gifted, but their many friends will regret that
such was not the case, and she is rapidly failing
in health
It is stated that A. E. Scnrader has been ap-
ern Illinois road. The company could not well
have selected better man for that position. He
is official who is always on the alert for bust
ness. and commenced at the bottom round In
the freight service
There is growing belief that the Corbn synd-
cate. which controls the l., B. & W.. we'll know
who is buying the large blocks of bonds and stock
of the Cleveland & Canton road, aud that som g
fine morning President Blood, of the c. & G.
will wake up to find that the L, B. s. w. has
gathered the road in.
The Terre Haute & Logansport division of
the Vandalia in the month of October earned
500. 900, enough to paw operating expenses fixed
charges, and leave quite respectable surplus.
This is mentioned owing to the fact that this is
the first month in the history of the road that
the earnings were large enough to leave any
surplus.
The affairs of the Toledo, ST. Louia & Kan
City road again getting into bad shape
Pay-rolls dropping behind and it begins TO
look as if General Manager Galloway would
not be able to lift the road out of the mire.
The only salvation for the road would be, seem
ingly, its dropping into the hands OF some pow
erful corporation like the a., T. & S. f.
The limited train the Union and Gen.
trail Pacific roads will be all that the name i'm
plies. No holders or emigrant tickets or of trip
passes will be carried on them; only holders or
frst-class tickets and of annual passes will be
taken. This rule relieves the trains of several
cars that would otherwise load them down so
that they could not run faster than the present
trains.
Present indications that rates to the Pa
cifc coast going all to pieces. and will drop
below those of last winter. The roads out of
here were yesterday cutting the rate over either
ST. Louis lime and then over the Missouri Pa
cfc and A, 7. & s. F. 81, making the second
class rate but $40 The cut not INDUCED in
on round-trip tickets A general break is looked
for to-day.
Lafayette Sutton, the Bee-line engineer who
few weeks ago sold his Bee-line stock farm at
Harrisvile to go West and further invest in a
silver mine in which he was interested, returned
Yesterday. nneXn0ct60lV.
gusted with mining operations and ready to
step on to the foot board again. He had ex-
pected to be absent until next spring had the
mining interests been of the character repre-
sented.
The citizens of Lebanon are making an earn
est effort to secure the shops of the Indiana
Midland road at that point. This township,
they say, voted handsome subsidy to the road
and paid it per agreement. while Noblesville
voted $4,000 to the road and has not yet paid
it. In this connection. however, it may be said
that Harry Crawford says before he gets through
with the Supreme Court Noblesville will pay the
subsidy voted.
The railroad companies have recently ad-
vanced switching charges. This would seem
ingly be good for increasing the number
of switching engines so that there need be
complaint on the part of consignees or shippers
regards the setting OF cars on private
switches Local business is onethird
heavier than ever before at this point. while the
number of switching engines in the last two
years has been reduced 33 per cent.
George w. Boyd. assistant general passenger
agent OF the Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts
burg, is this week, accompanied by the division
general passenger agents, making trip over
the several lines under his supervision as as
sistant general passenger agent. The object of
the trip is to famiiarize the ticket agents with
the whole territory through which the road runs
east of Pittsburg Each station is visited. the
facilities for doing business examined, and the
views of the agent as 10 the wants of the travel
ing community received and commented upon
At functions points aud stations where con-
nections made with other lines the number
of passengers interchanged is ascertained and
all facts that can be learned concerning the bus
mess of the company. The plan of making per-
sonal Investigations is believed to be the best
way of ascertaining just how the passenger
service be made accommo dating to the
entire community as is possible.
A good story has come out on Charles Neil
son, superintendent of the c.. a. & D. lines,
who for brief period, was superintendent of
the Vandalia- In making his trip over the Van
dalia he seemed imbued with the idea that there
was large room for reform the road. He
spent day at Logansport, on the t., H. g. l..
division, and while there he learned that the
agent was of the large coal dealers of the
town, and, further, that other dealers were not
feeling kindly toward the road they proba-
bly, would if their agent were not in the coal
business and sharp competitor and possibly
getting advantages in rates, and he remarked to
the agent that If he wished to hold the position
he would have to give up his coal business. The
agent answered: mo, sir the coal business is
worth the most to me. and l will resign as
agent" and did SO right there. A few days after
the Ives-Staynor deal was snagged and Super
intendent Nelson stepped to one side and the
old Vandalia superintendent took the rens. and
among the first things he did it is stated was
to renstate the old agent. The latter felt so
good over the turn things had taken that he ad-
dressed note to MR. Nelson. superintendent of
it up with the remark that any time he Mr..
Nelson, wanted a job if he would come up to
Logansport he would give one driving of his
coal carts.